The Omega Man : Springfield’s Lost German 10mm
So if you contend that 9mm is just too small, .38 Super is just too old school, and .45ACP is just too slow, odds are you are a 10mm Auto kinda guy. Well Springfield knew about the 10 milly back in the day and even made a 1911 framed pistol to accommodate it. We aren’t fooling around here. In fact, it was the Omega.
These guns were old school ‘Pre-90’ series guns with a 5.04-inch barrel (a hair bigger longer than standard 1911s) that were made from a West German-US partnership.
Say what?
Yes, the top half of the gun was made in Germany by a custom pistol maker, then shipped to the US where it was married to a loaded frame built here and sold in the elegantly crafted blue and white cardboard boxes that Springfield was known for at the time.
The sold for about $838 retail when it was introduced in about 1986. Today their collector price is upto twice that if you have a nice one with some spare barrels.
What do we mean by spare barrels? Keep reading.. in my column at Springfield Forum